Cigar-box.



L. POWELL.

CIGAR BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY26.1916.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

4 mail-1 To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, LEOBOLD; Pownnmresiding at New York, in the county of New York and State of, New York,have invented certainnew ,and useful Improvements; in Cigar-Boxes, ofwhich the followinglis a This invention relates to a cigar box, and theobject thereof is to providea box which will comprise means for-maintaining' the cigars, or the like, therein in asuitably moistenedcondition.

A more detailed object is to provide a moisture carrying element and,torprovide means associated therewithforv conserving the moisturetherein.

A further object is to provide means whereby the moisture carryingelement may be inserted and removed without disturbing the cigars withinthe box.

A further object is to make the moisture carrying element in such formthat it may be employed for an additional purpose, for instance anadvertising purpose, when desired.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific thanthose referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed outin the course of the following description of the elements,combinations, arrangements of parts and applications-of principles,constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplatedwill be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of thisspecification, and in which I have shown a merely preferred form ofembodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box constructed in accordance withthe provisions of this invention."

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of line II-IIof Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a similarsectional view taken upon. the plane of line III- 111of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the mois ture carrying element removed.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the structurewhich is illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates thefront wall of the box. This is provided with an opening 1 therethrough,through which the moisture carrying element G is adapted to be slid.

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Specification of Iietters Patent.

Applicaeion med May 26, 1916. Serial No. 99,985. e

When the moisture carrying elemen't G is in position within the box, itrests fiat aga nst the upper surface of the bottom wall H of the box.

'A false bottom member 2 is providedwith in the box directly above the"moisture carrying element, said 9 false bottom. being spaced from thebottom H to provide a compartment into and out of which the moisturecarrying element may be slid through the opening 1. V a o The falsebottom may be made of any suitable materiahbut is preferably made up ofWood, the same as the remainder ofthe box. Its upper surface, however,is coated \v1t h some waterproof mater1al, as 3,'wh'1ch will present arelatively cool surface to the atmosphere at all times. v. v e

I Preferably a sheet of oiled silk is' employed for this purpose, thesame being stuck directly to the surface of the wood.

A plurality of openings ,4 are provided through the false bottom but notthrough the coating. The moisture from the mo1s ture element G willmaintain the coating covering the openings in an especially cooledcondition.

The moisture element G may be made up of any material, but this alsopreferably comprises a sheet of wood having a sheet of absorbentmaterial, as blotting paper 5, stuck to its up er surface.

A handle member 6 is provided whereby the moisture element may bereadily Withdrawn at any time.

The coating carried by the falsebottom 2 constitutes the same as anefiicient barrier to moisture tending to rise upwardly from the moistureelement at all points even where the openings 4 occur- These openingsmay be proportioned and disposed in such manner as to provide justsuflicient cool surface for accomplishing the purpose intended. Thefalse bottom thus will constitute means for conserving the moisturewithin the moisture carrying element.

In practice the coating 3 upon the false bottom will be affected more orless by the presence of moisture directly beneath it andby the moisturecarrying element," sothat it will better perform its function. The

Wherever desired the moisture carrying element Gr maybe: made use of asan adver For this purpose any suit able printed matter, or the like, maybe impressed upon one or bothsides. The handle member 6 may be utilizedas a supporting element, asshown in Fig. 4 of thedr'awings.

Having thus described my invention-what I; claim as new anddesire tosecureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a cigar box a bottom Wall in said boxcvada'ptedctopermit thepassageiof moisture therethrough, a moisture gathering element,comprising a coating of Waterproof material upon the upper face of saidbottom wall, and a vmoisture carrying elementiarranged beneath saidbottom Wall in close juxtaposition thereto to maintain said bottom Walland coating cool.

2. In a cigar box, a bottom Wall in said box adapted to, permit thepassage of moistising medium.

ture 'therethrough, a moisturegathering element'comprising a coating ofoiled silk upon the; upper face of; said bottom Wall, and a moisturecarrying element arranged beneath said bottom Wall in closejuxtaposition thereto to maintain said bottom Wall and coating'cool.

3. A cigar box having a false bottom therein, a moisture carryingelement disposed Within said box beneath said falsebottom, the. falsebottom having an opening therethrough; and a moisture prooif coatingupon the top-of saidflfalse bottom.

LQAcigar box comprising a cigar compartment and' a moisturecompartme lt,and a Water proof partition disposed" between said compartments andproviding; amoisture gathering' 'element to supply moisture to, thecigar compartment;

In testimony whereof I; afiix 1 my signature in the presence oftWoWitnesses.

LEQPLQIEJDaPOWELL.

Witnesses:

M'A'RY KLEIN, DAVID Ersrnm,

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